Giro d’Italia

  • The Hero Gino Bartali

    Gino Bartali won the Giro d’Italia 3 times, in 1936,1937 and 1946. He also won de Tour de France twice, the first time in 1938 and again in 1948. This alone would make him a sporting hero. Especially his 2nd Giro d’Italia win, when his younger brother, Giulio, died in a racing accident on 14

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  • Two forgotten Heroes

      The article is about 2 men with no connection whatsoever, well nearly. The only connection is that they both saved Jews during WWII in different ways but both defied the Nazi regime at risk of losing their own lives. Gino Bartali Gino Bartali (18 July 1914 – 5 May 2000), nicknamed Gino the Pious and ,

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